Jane Eyre Vocab 1-10

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antipathy

having a strong dislike

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bilious

bad tempered

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borne

taken along

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cavilers

to criticize, object

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diffidence

shyness, insecurity

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impudence

boldness, rudeness, nerve

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lineaments

facial features

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moreen

a heavy wollen cloth

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predominated

controlled

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10

subjoined

to add to the ends

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11

sweetmeats

candy; candied fruit

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thence

from there

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torpid

inactive, sluggish

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tottered

stumbled, faltered

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vignettes

small designs on pages of a book

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visage

an appearance, face

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acrid

biting, bitter, harsh

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artifice

to scheme, trick

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captious

critical; fault-finding

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disposed

likely to

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divers

various

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duplicity

deception

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heterogeneous

coming from inside

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ignominy

humiliation; disgrace

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opprobrium

disgrace, shame

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permptorily

with finality

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precocious

developed early

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preternatural

abnormal, unusual

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propensities

talents, abilities

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retrospective

thinking of past times

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sanguine

cheerful, hopeful

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tumult

disorder, turmoil, commotion

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turbid

cloudy, murky

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uncongenial

not melted or thawed

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vassalage

allegiance; dependence

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quelled

overcame, stopped

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virulent

lethal poisonous; hateful

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bunglingly

inefficiently

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convolvuli

a type of funnel-shapped flower

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curacy

the office of a minister (curate)

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emulation

an ambitious rivalry

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enounced

declared

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interposed

introduced

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propensities

abilities

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typhus

an infectious disease

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audacious

shameless

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contrived

created, invented

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execrations

things cursed or detested

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fain

willing, eager

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habituated

customary, routine

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parterre

an arrangement of flower beds

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polroon

a coward

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recompsense

a reward, compensation

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ruth

compassion

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tenantry

inhibitors, occupants

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usurious

lending money at high interest rate

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benignant

showing a good feeling

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buxom

plump, healthy

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cessation

ending

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conning

studying; examining

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deal

wood - usually pine or fir

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draught

a swallow, drink

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frieze

a thick wool cloth

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hardihood

boldness

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inanition

overcame, stopped

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indefatigable

tireless, constant

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mullioned

vertical

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pelisses

a long robe

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pervading

filling

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animadversions

criticisms

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assiduity

carefulness, diligence

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chastiser

a punisher; one who disciplines

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cumbrous

heavy, burdensome

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expostulations

protestations

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forbearance

restraint

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impalpable

imaginary

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meed

a reward

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prerogatives

privileges

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seraph

highest rank of angels

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slatternly

not neat, untidy

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chidden

blamed, scolded

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chilblains

a condition that affects that skin, similar to frostbite

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effluence

an outpour

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evince

to show

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excrescence

unwanted growth

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evince

to show

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excrescene

unwanted growth

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exigency

urgency

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hebdomadal

weekly

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knell

a solemn bell toll

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moiety

half

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obtrusive

noticeable

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obviating

preventing

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palsy

muscle paralysis

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pathos

feeling sympathy, pity

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penurios

stingy

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perfidious

treacherous

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pious

sacred, holy

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privation

deprivation

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Rubicon

the point of no return

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